The Magic of Vinegar Used For Your Pets

While a decent amount of people know that vinegar is a great option for various uses when it comes to keeping the environment safe, did any of you know that vinegar is also a great option when it comes to your pets? Yes, you heard me right. Don't worry if you didn't already know about the use of vinegar with your pets. I, myself, did not know that vinegar could be used with our pets either. As a matter of fact vinegar has a good many uses when it comes to our pets!

Check out the following ideas for using vinegar with your pets in mind:

Shine Enhancer
Mix one cup of white vinegar to one quart of water and rub or spray it on the coat of your dog.

Skin Soother
Mix 1/2 cup raw apple cider vinegar to 1 1/2 cups water and use as a rinse after your dog’s bath to help soothe skin affected by chronic skin infections or irritations.

Ear Helper
Vinegar hampers unfriendly bacteria and other microorganisms that are a common cause of ear infections in dogs and cats–keep infections at bay by wiping ears out weekly with a cotton ball saturated with equal parts water and apple cider vinegar.

Skunk Spray Fixer
Tomato juice is the odor remover of choice for pets sprayed by skunks, but vinegar works as well to neutralize the stink. Soak the coat with a mixture of half water and half vinegar, then rinse with plain water. Repeat if necessary.

Cat Deterrent
You’ll need to do a patch test before spraying vinegar on fabric, but the smell of vinegar is a great deterrent for cats. Spray white vinegar anywhere you don’t want your cat to scratch, sleep, or sit.

These ideas are by Melissa Breyer. Please check out her article for further information.

Do you have an outdoor pet? If so then another great use for vinegar is to spray a mixture made up of water and vinegar on your outdoor pets. This will help keep flies away from them. Also, if you have a problem with cats, whether they are yours or not, eating your plants outside then simply spray your plants with the water and vinegar mixture. Be sure to just spray the leaves of your plants.